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The promise of Easter can be so EGGS-citing

Painting coloured eggs can be so much fun

Romania’s Easter begins on Holy Thursday, but the public holiday begins on Sunday 12th April, the date set by the Orthodox Christian Church, which often
differs from the Easter dates determined by other Christian churches sincethe Orthodox church follows the revised Julian Calendar rather than the Gregorian
Calendar used across Western Europe .

Easter Day (Paștele) is a major
public holiday and churches
across Romania hold special Easter midnight services,” the Service of the Light”
and families and friends gather thereafter for an Easter lunch or dinner, where
the traditional meal would include: Lamb, including drob a form of lamb
haggis with vegetables; Pască, a special type of Cozonac, a pound
cake made with walnuts; and brightly painted eggs of red, yellow, blue, green
and black. These painted and decorated eggs are called “oua incondeiate”, “oua
impiestrite”, or “oua inchiestrite”. It is customary to knock each other’s eggs
during Easter, and it is believed that people who knock each other’s eggs will
see each other again after death.

The
excitement of painting eggs is normally reserved for children and at St Margaret’s
in preparation for Easter, everyone who could be, was involved in the fun. With
painting caps on, and swathed in bright green plastic aprons, they helped boil the eggs, dye them and
then painted them in bright beautiful designs.

The kids
have done their bit to ensure a happy and peaceful Easter for their friends and
little family of care and although supporters across the UK may have already
had their Easter celebration, in thanks for your help and support, the children
wish you and yours “a Happy and much Blessed Easter”.